The Golden Age writer, Dorothy L. Sayers, is apparently having something of a resurgence, possibly due to the renewed interest in fellow Golden Ager, Agatha Christie (and here's another take on that). The Seattle Times's Moira Macdonald has just discovered Sayer's creation, Harriet Vane, and the New Yorker profiled "An Overlooked Novel from 1935 by the Godmother of Feminist Detective Fiction."
Book Riot has an occasional feature they call the United States of a Mystery with "essential" books set in each state. The latest outing travels to Georgia.
Raymond Chandler spent a portion of his youth in the UK, and the Irish Times took a look at how that childhood may have affected Chandler's iconic detective fiction.
If you're a fan of the late author, Sue Grafton (of the Alphabet mysteries, beginning with A is for Alibi), her mansion is on the market. Grafton and her husband Steve Humphrey designed the mansion on a hill in Montecito, CA, which was listed with a new price of $6,999,000, after going on the market earlier this year with an $8.5 million price tag. The author died in late 2017, after completing Y is for Yesterday, her last novel in the series.
Hachette Book Group is offering a chance to win Michael Connelly's complete Harry Bosch series. One lucky winner will be drawn from random entries through December 1 (U.S. only).
As if you didn't need another reason to read, it seems that readers are more satisfied with their lives.
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 is "Page 8 Incident" by Allan Lake.
In the Q&A roundup, Lesa Holstine chatted with Lois Winston, author of the Anastasia Pollack mysteries; the Sunday Post spoke with Alex Gray about her latest thriller, The Stalker; and Declan Burke sat down with Queen's University's Dominique Jeannerod to discuss The Lammisters, his new comedic crime novel.
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